Las Vegan Daniel Emmet appears a final time on the NBC competition show at 8 p.m. Tuesday, and the champion will be announced in the season finale at 8 p.m. Wednesday.
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Canelo Alvarez is headlining, in a way, at XS Nightclub at Wynn Las Vegas late Saturday night. Canelo will hit that scene(metaphorically) after his bout with Gennady Golovkin at T-Mobile Arena.
Hundreds of dollars — actual USDs — fall from the sky in the new musical “A Mob Story” at Plaza Showroom.
“A Mob Story” settles into its 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays-through-Saturdays schedule. The show had originally planned to open July 11, then Aug. 8. Producer Jeff Kutash (the man behind “Splash” at Riviera) has said his own perfectionism and the extensive work on all elements of the production are responsible for the delays.
With Adam Lambert again out front, Queen will rock the Park Theater in its “Crown Jewels” residency. The 10-show series opens Saturday and Sunday and runs through Sept. 22.
You might recall that Las Vegas vocalist Daniel Emmet had been dismissed from the series on July 17, despite a bold and beautiful rendition of the Italian ballald “Caruso.”
You might remember, or not, that when Criss Angel opened at Luxor in October 2008, he was dating Holly Madison. She soon took over the Bo Peep character in “Peep Show” — at Planet Hollywood.
Among Las Vegas Strip production shows still running, only “Legends in Concert” (1983) and “Crazy Girls” (1987) pre-date “Tournament of Kings” at Excalibur. Now Troy Burgess is joining the Las Vegas institution.
The show has been twice delayed since its July 11 opening was announced. This week, the show received word that another co-producer, Marty Romley, was pulling out of the project.
The effective closing date for “Marylin” was retroactively set at June 18. The show’s final performance was June 17; it was performed 23 times after opening for previews May 12.
Matt Goss is celebrating his 100th show at 1Oak at the Mirage at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday night.
The Kats! Bureau at this writing is Vue Bar at the D Las Vegas. We do have a good Vue of an old Fremont Street visage, the El Portal theater sign. That business is now a gift store specializing in Indian wares.
“Elvis has not left the building,” Mark Mercer, “Legends in Concert’s” marketing director, promises. “We’ll be excited to have him back in the fall. We’re just having fun with this particular lineup.”
Crucial to any disappearing act is the reappearing. Penn & Teller are going dark at the Rio on July 10 and will return on Aug. 18.
The musical “Baz — A Musical Tour de Force” is closing after its July 29 performance at The Palazzo Theater. Actors Equity Producer and General Manager Blair Farrington informed the cast just prior to Tuesday’s 8 p.m. performance.
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